The Iraqi Civil War continues: two suicide bombers from the al-Qaida (Arabic for “the Base”) international terrorist network kill 120 Shi`ite (partisans of Ali) Moslems, in a crowded marketplace, in Hillah.
NOTE: On this date, no members of the United States Armed Forces (private mercenaries) were killed in Iraq.
[restored 3/23/2024]
Who disturbed the balance of power in the Middle East that allowed this centuries old religious conflict to re-erupt? –– JL
Subsequent Events:
References:
“Deadliest Days in Iraq this Year,” 19 April 2007, News:19.
CNN.com – Special Reports
www.CNN.com/SOECIALS/2003/iraq/forces/Casualties/
Current U.s. National Debt:
